Mason Mount will probably start against Senegal, and that will make plenty of England fans very angry, which is always good fun.
At half-time in England’s win over Wales, I put out a tasty morsel of social media bait like the knowing pr*ck I am. ‘Are we allowed to talk about how superfluous/average Foden was compared to Mount in that first half? No? Ok.’ I wrote, with a stupid smile on my stupid face.
It’s comments like the ones under said tweet, along with my genuine belief that Mason Mount should start against Senegal, that make me really hope Gareth Southgate picks Mason Mount to start against Senegal.
If you’re an England fan who wants Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Marcus Rashford, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka to be your front six against Senegal then fair warning: you are probably not going to enjoy this article. If you’re an England fan who wants James Maddison in there somehow and Trent Alexander-Arnold to start at right-back, you are definitely not going to enjoy this article. Or this one.
Because although what Mark Corrigan said to the drug-addled young man rolling a spliff on the floor of his flat in Zodiac House may sound harsh, the sentiment applies: “You’re not a bad person, but I’m afraid to say you are a moron.”
‘So far Mount has 0 goals, 0 assists, but you think he has done more than Foden last night? *laughing emoji*’ was the comment of someone who claimed Mount had done nothing, and therefore equates something to goals or assists. But also someone that I suspect would claim something was anything other than goals had it been Mount who tapped that unmissable chance home that had Bellingham celebrating before Phil Foden had even touched the ball.
With their views seemingly more entrenched than most, the Mount detractors would rather not be wrong than see Mount do well. And it’s easy to claim someone like Mount isn’t performing when the metrics his fellow players and managers judge and laud him on are below the surface stats that remain an obsession.
It seems like most England fans don’t want Mount to be starting games. And although I don’t agree, I can understand why – because it requires no thought whatsoever. It requires you to think of the players most likely to score or create a goal and ram them into the same team, with no thought as to how many goals may be scored against England or how they might win the ball back to score themselves.
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